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arriere-bans

arriere-bans is the plural of arriere-ban.

Meaning of arriere-ban

Noun

arriere-ban (plural arriere-bans)

  1. (historical) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war.
  2. (historical) The body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, in ancient France.

Questions about arriere-bans

What is arriere-bans the plural of?
Arriere-bans is the plural of arriere-ban.

Words near arriere-bans in the dictionary

  1. arriding
  2. arrie
  3. Arrien-en-Bethmale
  4. arriere
  5. arriere-ban
  6. arriere-bans
  7. arrierepensee
  8. arrieres
  9. arriero
  10. arrieros
  11. arries

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